History, when divested of the historians’ bias and prejudice, is a beautiful string of incidents and events, which speak a thousand tongues. When we study history of early Islamic era, we are able to gain an insight into the society to which the message of Islam was preached, the circumstances, which then prevailed, and the reciprocal response of the leaders and the led.

It was with this in mind that Marhum Mulla Asgher selected a number of interesting stories from the history of Islam and published them under the title Unto thee I grant .... Given the popularity of the first book, he selected and translated several more stories and these were published under the title A beautiful string of incidents... The present collection Pearls of Wisdom is a combination of the above two titles with some more stories added.

These sixty-two interesting stories, when interwoven into a single fabric, form a colourful backdrop against which the era just before and after the Prophet (S) can be clearly visualised.

We hope the readers will be able to glean more than one message from each story; and for those who wish to prepare their analytic treatments of Islamic subjects, there will be relevance in more than one way.

Secretariat
The World Federation of KSI Muslim Communities